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ForestCavity nestSmall · 59 g
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It has green plumage with a yellow crown and blue patches below the eyes, on the throat and the chin. It is 21–22 cm (8.3–8.7 in) long and weighs 57–60 g (2.0–2.1 oz). It feeds on berries, fruits and occasionally insects. It nests in a tree hole, where it lays 2-3 eggs.
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When to see the Yellow-fronted Barbet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-fronted Barbet
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Yellow-fronted Barbet
The yellow-fronted barbet is an Asian barbet, which is an endemic resident breeder in Sri Lanka, where it inhabits subtropical and tropical moist forests, wetlands, plantations and rural gardens up to an altitude of 2,000 m (6,600 ft).
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Easily confused with
Green-eared BarbetPsilopogon faiostrictusThe green-eared barbet is an Asian barbet.
Red-throated BarbetPsilopogon mystacophanosThe red-throated barbet male is mainly green with a red crown, throat, and spot below the throat, as well as a black spot above each eye and a yellow crown patch.
Golden-whiskered BarbetPsilopogon chrysopogonThe golden-whiskered barbet has a green plumage of various hues.
Side by side: Red-throated Barbet vs Yellow-fronted Barbet · Golden-whiskered Barbet vs Yellow-fronted Barbet
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